Overview
- Explores the history of cam mechanisms as a part of history of technology
- Showcases the historical importance of cams
- Appeals to historians of science and scientists
Part of the book series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science (HMMS, volume 50)
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This book offers a description of the evolution of cams and their uses from the Middle Ages to the present day, highlighting their contribution to the development of technology. Usually, in the history of technology the diverse types of machines are taken into account, but the importance of cams is not emphasized, which are often fundamental for the operation of such machines. In this book the focus is instead on cams, understood as important, and often essential, components of machines that have had significant importance in the development of technology. It treats technical aspects at a level easily accessible even to non-experts in mechanics and the various applications are illustrated with many figures. The book serves as a reference work for those interested in both the history of technology and machines in general, and it helps them deal with certain mechanical problems, even starting from solutions already obtained with cams and, perhaps, overcoming them with others suggested by current developments in technology.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Umberto Meneghetti is Professor Emeritus at the University of Bologna, Italy, where he taught Mechanics of Machinery for several years. His research interests have focused on fluid film lubrication, mechanisms and machine elements, linkages, crossed helical gears, dynamics and vibrations, and cams.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Brief History of Cams and Cam Mechanisms
Authors: Umberto Meneghetti
Series Title: History of Mechanism and Machine Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-81148-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Mechanical Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-81147-0Published: 26 February 2025
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-81150-0Due: 12 March 2026
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-81148-7Published: 25 February 2025
Series ISSN: 1875-3442
Series E-ISSN: 1875-3426
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 175
Number of Illustrations: 127 b/w illustrations, 43 illustrations in colour
Topics: Machinery and Machine Elements, Mechanical Engineering, History of Technology, History of Science